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US History?!?!
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19-05-2011 11:01pm#1
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"What was the Impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott on Civil Rights movement?"
Im new to the US section this year(did diff topic last year). And my repeat teacher didnt get to this section and I dont really know how to construct an answer for this question!
Can someone just gimme an idea on the structure/essay plan?
I haven't done this essay before but we went through the topic well in class. I could be wrong here and if I am I'm sure people will pick me up on it but this is what I would say;
Introduction: give background to racial conflict and a brief outline of the boycott.
Just some ideas for paragraphs:
-It sparked the Civil Rights Movement as the first major protest.
-Its success encouraged people to continue to fight for civil rights.It also encouraged them to take a non-violent approach.
-Because images appeared on TV, Northern states became aware of the plight of black people and many began to offer support.
-It gave black people strong leaders in the form of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King and Edgar Daniel Nixon.
-It led to the establishment of the Civil Rights Act 1964.
-And eventually the Voting Rights Act 1965.
Conclusion: the bus boycott proved that sometimes people can be more effective than the government in bringing about much-needed changes. What began as a simple protest went on to transform the lives of US citizens. It encouraged other groups to seek equal rights, such as US women, Hispanics and Native Americans. Further afield, Catholics in Northern Ireland were inspired to start their own civil rights movement.Also, is it a waste of time studying US Economic Boom since it was up last year?
My teacher didn't put much emphasis on it because it's quite obscure and is very unlikely to come up again. However the US economy under siege chapter is worth looking over.
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Any of the presidents can come up, but there's really not enough to ask, that we would have learnt to ask on any of the other presidents considering they're not key personalities. Johnson was asked last year, Kennedy died too soon to make any serious impact (well enough to get 5 pages out of), Nixon could come up, you could talk about detente and Vietnamisation but still I don't think they'll give it and when Reagan was asked (2006, I think) USA wasn't a very popular topic (pre document question). So yeah, that doesn't make alot of sense, but I'd definitely give Truman a look before you go in. 0
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JohnFalstaff wrote: »Dallek got over 800 pages out of Kennedy... Heck, Sorenson's book gets 800 pages out of his Presidency alone!
Not that's on our course though 0 -
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Ooooh
Ok, well, if we all reckon he might come up, anyone wanna actually outline his successes and failures?
If you want to view Truman negatively you easily could. His dropping of the Atomic bomb is a deeply contentious issue in today's historiography. Was he right or wrong? You could argue that killing (eventually) millions of non-combatants was a wrong move.
You could also argue the Marshall Plan helped deepen tensions with the USSR too. As well as this, the Truman Doctrine/containment got America embroiled in Korea, Taiwan and other nations (Vietnam could be one, if properly argued) to defeat Communism, and causing hundreds of thousands of dead over a long-term period.
Above is, of course, a moral issue. In the interests of national security, Truman can be argued as doing a stellar job, Communism didn't spread to the mainland - an admittedly vast thing to do.0 -
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irishgirl10 wrote: »I did this essay, got a B1, can send it to you if you wish?
Of the impact of bus boycott?
If you dont mind, that would be great
Thanks!!0 -
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Vietnam comes up alot, but the questions seem to get harder and harder (thats my opinion anyway!) If it does come up I cant see them giving a straight forward one like they did before!What about Vietnam coming up?
Or Collapse of consensus?
I know the mocks is different, but I remember the one we go in our mocks was an awful question. Pity, as its such an interesting topic!
Collapse of consesus would be a lovely question, recently wrote an essay on that and had it learned it no time, its really straight forward.
I think American History is the easiest to predict. Im covering most chapter bar a few, but paying special attention to American Foreign Policy, Montgommery, Decline Of US Economy, Consesus/Collapse.. Maybe the Moon Landing again as it was the 50 year anniversary this year? (I think?!)0 -
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